NUFORC Sighting 35228

Occurred: 1952-07-25 16:00 Local
Reported: 2004-02-23 08:48 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Tacoma, WA, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Left a trail

Six spheres flying in formation close to an Air Force base by Tacoma Washington.

Six spheres flying in formation, one then two, one then two in the Western Skies past McCord Air Force Base. There were reddish in color and had a short trail behind each. Based on Airforce cargo planes and the distance away from us they seemed larger.

I just encountered your site recently. This siting was over 50 years ago and I had one other UFO siting of a disk shape ship flying over Tacoma in 1957 which is posted elsewhere. Since that time I have not seen a UFO.

The date is an estimate. I was in junior high and it was a summer softball program.

My friend and I stayed after practice to hit balls. After hitting the ball and looking up while watching it I noticed the spheres and told my friend to do the same.

We first thought that it was a military exercise but when we arrived home and listened to a local radio station there were a lot of people calling in about this siting so we also did and they told us that there were more than 100 people that called in.

NUFORC Note:

One of two good reports from the same witness. Second report is posted for September 15, 1957, for a sighting over Tacoma, WA. Dates are approximate. PD

Posted 2004-03-02